A few weeks ago, I began reading The Artist’s Way with a few friends. I spent the first four chapters trying very hard to overcome annoyance. The book centers on the author’s experience, which includes lots of drama, which I can’t really relate to, and it keeps talking about being in recovery as a creator, … Continue reading Out of my comfort zone, out of my rut
Today’s Bloganuary prompt is “What is something you wish you knew how to do?” I glanced at the prompt before bed so it could percolate overnight. Only, since I glanced instead of really focusing, I read it as “what’s something you’d like to learn how to do,” which completely changes my answer. Wishes require no … Continue reading Wishing and doing
Data scientist Martin Remy once gave a talk about how we can grow our capability. He drew a picture with a small center circle, then another circle around that one, and a third, larger circle that encompassed both. The center circle he colored yellow and named it the comfort zone. The outer ring, he colored … Continue reading It’s time to make my comfort zone bigger
I blogged a few weeks ago about how learning is an exercise in mindfulness. At the time, most of the learning I did was via reading. I consumed information through books; I didn’t do anything. I didn’t practice anything new. I often found my mind wandering as I read to learn, and it didn’t feel … Continue reading Handwriting practice
On my way to swim laps yesterday, I listened to the second half of the Happiness Lab podcast’s exploration of fun. In the episode, the host interviews a dad who had a giant Duh moment one day as he drove his child from chess lessons to music lessons then sat in his car in the … Continue reading Learning is mindful
One of the crappy things about being young when you go to college is that you don’t have a clue what you want to do with your life. Not really. You’re 18 years old, still a kid, dedicating four years and tens of thousands of dollars to a path that, eh, it sounded good at … Continue reading I wish I’d have known
Butterfly Mind 